That being said, the bit about hardcore gamers was pretty funny. The game’s story follows suit, and though it ends in a twist you can probably guess what it is. But more often than not, jokes fall flat. Mobsters are butchering people and selling it as mystery meat, the internet is basically run as a Cyberpunk megacorp with its own paramilitary and of course, the most hardcore of gamers have retreated into the sewers where they have gone feral. Like many other games published by Devolver Digital, My Friend Pedro has a very tongue-in-cheek style of humor. Of course I have to mention the game’s writing, which is mediocre bordering on groan-worthy. This standout marks the halfpoint of the game, and serves as a nice pink-hewn break from the otherwise grey color palette that the majority of the game conforms to. Beyond him are bland enemies and same-y backgrounds, with the exception of one level that looks more like an acid trip. Most often, the only eye-popping thing on the screen is your character, who dances and twists around bullets while firing off his own. Although he doesn’t have limbs to hold guns with, he does his best to guide your character through this mad world of never-ending sewers, retirement villages for mobsters and whatever the place he calls home is. He’s your only friend in this huge unknown world, and he just happens to be a floating sentient banana who lives in your mind. Along the way, you’re guided by who else than your friend Pedro. In My Friend Pedro you take on the role of a masked amnesiac fighting to collapse criminal empires, from one that makes canned meat out of people to the internet.
And while the story and writing may leave something to be desired, the experience that My Friend Pedro delivers doesn’t suffer for it. With its outrageous and sometimes quirky shooting mechanics, like shooting someone while you’re doing a flip on a skateboard, you’ll keep coming back. My Friend Pedro, the irreverent shoot-em-up from the team at DeadToast Entertainment is the latest member of that group. There’s a group of games, a very selective group, that seem to have been made for just one purpose to make you feel like the star of an action movie.
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